By J. Dana StusterJ. Dana Stuster is an assistant editor at Foreign Policy. He has studied at the American University of Beirut and graduated in 2010 with degrees in English and International Relations from the University of California, Davis. Before coming to FP, his work appeared in the Atlantic and the National Interest, among other publications.

March 29, 2013 - 11:40 pm

When former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf returned to Karachi from exile on March 24, at least 17,000 people were following along — on his Twitter feed, @P_Musharraf. He even made his own hashtag for the occasion: #musharrafreturn.

It’s been a pretty strange ride ever since. Despite occasional lapses into the third person, Musharraf appears to run his own account (in the style of American politicians such as Claire McCaskill, and formerly Chuck Grassley and Scott Brown), which makes for a level of intimacy that is unusual for public figures on the Internet. Here are the highlights — sometimes bizarre, sometimes insightful — from the former president’s feed over the past several days.

Before he returned to Pakistan, Musharraf — in true politician style — used his feed to advertise his homecoming with goofy graphics and donation requests.

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